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The uvula is removed for curative or preventive purposes, or as part of ritual practice. Due to immigration from developing to developed world countries, and to Western doctors working abroad, such doctors are increasingly being confronted with unfamiliar traditional healing practices, within a medical context.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S0022215111001526_sec2\"><jats:title>Methods:<\/jats:title><jats:p>The Medline and Embase online databases were systematically searched for literature on traditional uvulectomy. We present a review of this literature. We also present the first report, to our best knowledge, of obstructive sleep apnoea as a late complication of traditional uvulectomy.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S0022215111001526_sec3\"><jats:title>Discussion:<\/jats:title><jats:p>Traditional uvulectomy may be complicated by post-operative haemorrhage and local infections, among many other problems. 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